A summer camp, a tax preparer, a pumpkin patch or a holiday bakery all share one problem: the busy window is short, and people begin looking before it opens. If the site goes live the week you open, you have missed the stretch when families compare options and put dates on the calendar. A seasonal site is mostly a scheduling job.
Work back from the date that matters
Pick the day you want registrations or orders to open. Then subtract time for writing, review and revisions, and leave a few days of buffer. A first site with home, services, dates and contact usually needs real content from you before anything else can move.
Some projects can launch in as little as 48 hours, but only when the content is ready and the scope is small. Plan on the longer side if you have a lot of detail, then treat a quick turnaround as a bonus rather than a promise.
What a seasonal site should show
- ✓Dates and deadlines — season start, registration cutoff, last orders
- ✓What it costs or how pricing works — as you want to show it
- ✓How to sign up or order — a form, or the tool you already use
- ✓Where and when — location, hours, age groups, pickup times
- ✓What happens after the season — a note that says when you return
Keeping it fresh year after year
The nice thing about a seasonal site is that most of it stays the same. Next year you change the dates, the prices and a few photos, and you are ready. Website Care at $30/month keeps hosting and backups running through the quiet months and includes up to 30 minutes of small edits each month for those updates.
If you take registration through a tool you already use, we connect it, and its fees belong to that provider. In the off season you can put a simple notice on the home page saying when registration returns.
Prepare before you start
- ✓Last season’s flyer or schedule — a ready source for dates and details
- ✓Photos you own — from past seasons, with permission from anyone shown
- ✓Your registration process — forms, deposits and any limits on numbers
- ✓Policies you already state — refunds, weather, cancellations in your words
What to expect, honestly
- ✓Fast launch depends on ready content — 48 hours is for eligible small projects
- ✓Third party tool fees are separate — they belong to that provider
- ✓We do not set your policies — you decide and we write them down
One example of what your site could look like
This is one sample we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words, and we have more examples if you want to compare directions.
What it costs
Websites are priced one-time by size, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds. Monthly SEO is an optional add-on when you are ready for it.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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